11-Letter Words Matching ____Y_E____

There are 17 11-letter words that match ____Y_E____. 5 are common words, such as HEAVYWEIGHT and HOMEYNESSES. A rarer one is MATEYNESSES. In this set, E is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 8 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 17

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About this list

Words
17 (5 common words)
Common example
heavyweight
Rare example
mateynesses
Doubled letters
8
Ending in S
6
Most frequent letter
E (13)

Questions

How many 11-letter words matching ____y_e____ are there?

17. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

HEAVYWEIGHT is among the common words in this set.